Chapter 255: Pick a soft pinch
Although Monk Yuanji died, Su Wuming blocked the news.
While blocking the news, Su Wuming hurried to the palace.
Entering the palace, Su Wuming told Abbot Yuanji about his suicide, Emperor Li Yan's expression was slightly gloomy after hearing it, and after a long time, he said: "Since this Abbot Yuanji is dead, forget it, but why do you want to block this news?" ”
Su Wuming smiled indifferently: "As long as the news of Abbot Yuanji's suicide doesn't know the rebel, he must be afraid, so that the emperor can rest easy!" ”
After listening to this, Li Yan nodded slightly: "It's still Su Aiqing's thoughtfulness, since that's the case, let's do what Su Aiqing said, besides, Su Aiqing of other monasteries will also step up, they occupy so much land, they must be recovered as soon as possible and distributed to the people." ”
Su Wuming responded again and again, and then retreated and left the palace.
After leaving the palace, Tang Xiong, Jiang Ying and others hurriedly asked, what temple to deal with next, is it Qingguang Temple or Pudu Temple, Su Wuming thought about it carefully, and said, "Let's deal with Wuxiang Temple first." ”
Everyone was a little puzzled, although this Wuxiang Temple said that there was a lot of land in their hands, but their power was not very strong, and now they had just destroyed the Huguo Temple, the largest temple in Chang'an City, shouldn't it be more effective to deal with Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple with this force? Why does Su Wuming want to build Wuxiang Temple first?
Facing everyone's doubts, Su Wuming just smiled indifferently and said: "These temples, now we can fight that if we want to, but if we fight one after another, it will be too wasteful of time, so I am ready to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, and let those temples take the initiative to give up their land, so that we don't have to demolish every temple." ”
"Can you achieve this effect by dealing with the Wuxiang Temple?" Tang Xiong was very puzzled, because although Wuxiang Temple is big, compared with Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple, it is still a little worse after all, so let Wuxiang Temple automatically hand over the land, I am afraid that there is no deterrent effect on other temples.
But at this time, Su Wuming didn't want to explain anymore, and he didn't want to explain too much, because he had the idea just now to deal with Wuxiang Temple, and then Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple represented eunuchs and relatives respectively.
Su Wuming is not a stunned young man, he is a very rational person, so if he can not move Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple, he will try not to move, if in the end Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple do not know the current affairs, it will not be too late to move at that time, and Su Wuming believes that Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple should see their future.
After having such a decision, Su Wuming sent a person to Wuxiang Temple, and asked the abbot of Wuxiang Temple to see Abbot Wutong, and the location was Su Wuming's Shuxin Building.
In the evening of this day, the spring breeze was warm, and a monk about forty years old was quietly led into the comfortable upstairs, and after pushing open a door, a young man was waiting for him, and the monk took a step forward, put his hands together, and said, "Master Su, I heard that you want to see the poor monk?" ”
The young man was Su Wuming, and after he asked the monk Wutong to sit down, he said: "Abbot Wutong is a smart person, you should know why Lord Ben invited you to come, now that the Huguo Temple has been demolished, I think you Wuxiang Temple doesn't want to suffer the same fate." ”
There are not many people behind the Wuxiang Temple, and the reason why they have developed and grown, out of the guidance of the abbot of Wutong, and then there is the existence of the Wuxiang Temple for a long time, and the previous emperors believed in Buddhism, in this case, as long as it is Buddhism, it can slowly develop and grow.
But in the face of the current emperor Li Yan, Monk Wutong still feels an unprecedented crisis, if he insists on ignoring Su Wuming's meaning, then the fate of Wuxiang Temple is similar to that of Huguo Temple.
Monk Wutong was silent for a long time in the face of Su Wuming, and after a long time, Monk Wutong asked, "I wonder what Lord Su wants the poor monk to do?" ”
Su Wuming smiled lightly, thinking that this abbot of Wutong was a person who understood, and Su Wuming liked to deal with people who understood, so at this time, Su Wuming didn't go around anymore and went straight to the point.
"Abbot Wutong, in fact, Lord Ben wants you to do the right thing very simply, hand over all the land produced by the Wuxiang Temple, and take out all the gold, silver, jewelry, etc. in the temple, as for the monks in the temple, at least ninety of the half must be cut, so as to ensure the safety of your Wuxiang Temple."
When Su Wuming said these words, Abbot Wutong's face turned pale for a while, because Su Wuming's request was too much and too ruthless, which almost cost him his life.
But even so, Su Wuming did not have any room for maneuver, in other words, if the abbot of Wutong did not agree to these conditions put forward by him, then Su Wuming would definitely lead a large army to press the border, and in a moment, the entire Wuxiang Temple would be demolished in the same way as the Huguo Temple.
Abbot Wutong knew this very well, so although he felt that Su Wuming's request was too much, after hesitating for a while, Abbot Wutong still nodded: "Okay, poor monk...... The poor monk agreed to Master Su's request, as long as he could protect my Wuxiang Temple, no matter what. ”
Su Wuming smiled: "Abbot Wutong is really a smart person, okay, then do it, tomorrow I will send someone to take over the property of Wuxiang Temple, tonight I will send someone to monitor you and others, if you want to play any tricks, then don't blame Lord Ben for being ruthless." ”
Abbot Wutong sighed, folded his hands and said Amitabha, and then got up and left, and when he left, his back became very gloomy.
The next day, a news suddenly came out, Wuxiang Temple was willing to call out all the property, and dismissed 90% of the monks of the temple, once the news came out, the people of the entire Chang'an City were suddenly amazed, if Su Wuming demolished the Huguo Temple, it was because the Huguo Temple had the intention of rebellion, but how could this Wuxiang Temple be so willing to hand over everything? Everyone was amazed at Su Wuming's methods, and they were very strange, how did Su Wuming do this.
And when everyone was so amazed, the people of Chang'an City still did not reduce their dislike for those monks, and it can be said that it had reached the point where the monks crossed the street and everyone shouted and beat them.
So much so that it is difficult to see monks on the entire Chang'an Street.
After Wuxiang Temple willingly handed over its property, several other monasteries also called out their land and property, and the monks of the temple were even more dismissed, and all they wanted was to keep their place of existence.
At this time, the two temples of Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple became precarious, originally when they saw Su Wuming suddenly change hands to deal with Wuxiang Temple, they thought that Su Wuming was afraid of the power of the two of them, so they were doing this, but now it seems that Su Wuming just used a roundabout tactic, got those temples done, and then concentrated on dealing with Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple.
And now to deal with Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple, there is almost no need for Su Wuming to take action, because when other monasteries ordered the land and property to be handed over, the people of Chang'an City are also forcing Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple to divide their property and land, and those tenants are even more fierce, they come to Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple every day to shout, sometimes even insulting and using force, Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple have not dared to open the door of Buddhism for several days.
If this continues, they won't be able to hold out for a few days.
And because the monks didn't dare to go on the street, the Qingguang abbot and the Puyu abbot couldn't meet to collude with the news, so that now the two old monks are walking around in their meditation rooms, not knowing what to do.
At this time, Su Wuming seemed a little indifferent, of course, there was also a trace of impatience, although he knew that Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple would not last long, but now that they were closed like this, they would waste a lot of time.
After thinking about it like this, Su Wuming felt that the persecution of Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple was still not ruthless enough, so on this afternoon, Su Wuming found a few cronies and asked them to pretend to be ordinary people, and then mixed in with the crowd shouting in front of Qingguang Temple Pudu Temple, and their role was not to increase the momentum, but to add fuel to the fire.
When those people shouted, these people shouted loudly: "Demolish Qingguang Temple, demolish Pudu Temple......"
As soon as they shouted like this, the other people naturally followed suit, so that the shouts of demolishing the Qingguang Temple and demolishing the Pudu Temple became louder and louder, and even some people really brought the tools used to demolish the temple, so that the abbot of Qingguang Temple and the abbot of Pudu Temple were really shocked, if they continued to make trouble like this, without waiting for Su Wuming to do it, their Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple would no longer exist, these people, saying that they were kind they may really discuss, saying that they are cowardly They are also really cowardly, but sometimesThey are also very good at doing things.
Abbot Qingguang and Abbot Puyu finally couldn't sit still, and in the evening of that day, after dressing up, they quietly left Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple at the risk of being pointed at by others, and went to find Su Wuming.
Su Wuming was already waiting for them, so after seeing the two monks, Su Wuming got straight to the point, and the abbot of Qingguang and the abbot of Puyu didn't dare to care so much at this time, the three of them talked, and finally reached an agreement, all the property and property were handed over, and the monk cut 95%, so that the abbot of Qingguang and the abbot of Puyu left.
And after the two monks left, Su Wuming knew that he had already completed most of the things that Emperor Li Yan had explained, and as long as the regular Buddhist temples were removed, the Buddhist temples in the rest of the places would not be a big problem.
After a few days passed, all the land and property of the entire Chang'an City monastery were confiscated, and the land was distributed to the people, and those properties went into the inner treasury.